Lot 182
1912 Indian Head Five Dollar Gold Coin
Sold December 11, 2025
- Price realized
- $800
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $1,000-1,300
Origin: Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Denomination: 5 Dollars
Year: 1912
Mint: Philadelphia Mint
Grade/Condition: Estimated: VG
Metal: 90% gold and 10% copper
Weight (+/- 0.2g): 8.4 grams
Additional Description: Struck at the Philadelphia Mint in 1912, this five-dollar Indian Head gold coin represents a defining moment in early twentieth-century American coin design. Sculpted by Bela Lyon Pratt, the obverse features a male Native American in profile, his feathered headdress carefully incised into the coin’s surface using the distinctive incuse relief technique that set this series apart from all others in U.S. coinage. The reverse bears a finely balanced image of an eagle perched upon a bundle of arrows and an olive branch, symbols of strength tempered by peace. Believed to grade in the Very Good range, the coin displays even wear from circulation, softening the finer details yet preserving the design’s essential contours and integrity. As a product of the Philadelphia Mint and therefore without a mintmark, it stands as both a work of artistic innovation and a tangible expression of America’s evolving sense of national identity in the years before the First World War.
Lot details
- Lot
- 182
- Auction
- Gold and Silver Showcase
- Closed
- December 11, 2025
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